And who am I<n id="1" /> that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

But<n id="1" /> his mother replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;No! He must be named<n id="3" /> John.&#8221;<n id="4" />

They will be divided,<n id="1" /> father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So<n id="1" /> the child&#8217;s<n id="2" /> father<n id="3" /> and mother were amazed<n id="4" /> at what was said about him.

So<n id="1" /> the dead man<n id="2" /> sat up and began to speak, and Jesus<n id="3" /> gave him back<n id="4" /> to his mother.

So<n id="1" /> he was told, &#8220;Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.&#8221;

for he will be great in the sight of<n id="1" /> the Lord. He<n id="2" /> must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Jesus&#8217;<n id="1" /> mother and his brothers<n id="2" /> came to him, but<n id="3" /> they could not get near him because of the crowd.

But he replied<n id="1" /> to them, &#8220;My mother and my brothers are those<n id="2" /> who hear the word of God and do it.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

You know the commandments: &#8216;<b><i>Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and motheri>b>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />

Then<n id="1" /> Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, &#8220;Listen carefully:<n id="2" /> This child<n id="3" /> is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising<n id="4" /> of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.<n id="5" />

When<n id="1" /> his parents<n id="2" /> saw him, they were overwhelmed. His<n id="3" /> mother said to him, &#8220;Child,<n id="4" /> why have you treated<n id="5" /> us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.&#8221;<n id="6" />

Then<n id="1" /> he went down with them and came to Nazareth,<n id="2" /> and was obedient<n id="3" /> to them. But<n id="4" /> his mother kept all these things<n id="5" /> in her heart.<n id="6" />p>

As he approached the town gate, a man<n id="1" /> who had died was being carried out,<n id="2" /> the only son of his mother (who<n id="3" /> was a widow<n id="4" />), and a large crowd from the town<n id="5" /> was with her.

Now when he came to the house, Jesus<n id="1" /> did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John,<n id="2" /> and James, and the child&#8217;s father and mother.

&#8220;If anyone comes to me and does not hate<n id="1" /> his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life,<n id="2" /> he cannot be my disciple.